Glory Professional League (Mobile)
Current season, competition or edition: 2112-13 GPLM season | |
| Game | Glory of Masters |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2109 |
| No. of teams | 15 |
| Country | Poafmersia |
| Venue(s) | Various |
| Most recent champion(s) | Edward Gaming Club Mobile (2nd title) (Fall 2112) |
| Most titles | Dragon eSports (5 titles) |
| Qualification | Promotion System |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Glory Development League (Mobile) |
| Domestic cup(s) | Glory of Masters Champions Cup |
| Related competitions | GPL |
Glory of Masters Professional League (Mobile) (GPLM) is the primary competition for Glory of Masters (Mobile) esports in Poafmersia. Contested by fifteen teams, the league runs three seasonal splits per year and serves as a direct route to qualification for the annual Glory of Masters Champions Cup. The GPL is administered by the PeSA.
The competition was founded in 2109 as a follow-up to the Glory Professional League, for the newly-released mobile version. The league is for the mobile version of Glory of Masters, a homegrown MOBA.
Format
The Glory Professional League is currently being contested by fifteen teams. The League is split into three splits every season - starting with the Fall split, the Winter split, and the Spring split. The results of the individual splits, converted into the Championship Points system, determine qualification to the Champions Cup
Season Splits
For every split, teams are grouped into three mini-leagues, namely League S, League A, and League B. Teams play three separate rounds of single round-robin, and the results of the third-round determine playoff seeding.
- At the end of the first round-robin, the fifth-placed team of League S and League A are relegated to the lower leagues, while the winners of League A and League B are promoted to the upper leagues.
- At the end of the second round-robin, the fourth and fifth-placed teams of League S and League A will play a promotion/relegation best-of-seven playoff match against the winners and runners-uo of League A and League B respectively.
- At the end of the third round-robin, teams in League S and League A, as well as the top two teams of League B, enter the playoffs. The bottom two teams of League C participate in the GPLM Playoffs, together with the top two teams of the Glory Development League (Mobile)
For the playoffs, teams participate in a double-elimination bracket. Teams who lose a game in the Upper Bracket fall into the Lower Bracket; teams that lose another game in the Lower Bracket will be eliminated. A sample of the bracket can be found below:
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Teams are then re-ranked into the respective leagues based on the performance in the playoffs.
Championship Points
For qualification into the Champions Cup, the following system is used:
| Position | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st (Season Winner) | Direct Qualification |
| 2nd (Lost in Grand Finals) | 12 |
| 3rd (Lost in Lower Bracket Finals) | 10 |
| 4th (Lost in Lower Bracket Semis) | 8 |
| Joint-5th (Lost in Lower Bracket Round 4) | 6 |
| Joint-7th (Lost in Lower Bracket Round 3) | 4 |
| Joint-9th (Lost in Lower Bracket Round 2) | 2 |
| Joint-11th (Lost in Lower Bracket Round 1) | 1 |
A total of twelve teams will qualify for the Champions Cup. This includes the following:
- 3 Split Winners (should a team win more than one season split, they will be replaced by another team by Championship Points)
- 3 Round 1 Playoff Winners (Straight Best-of-seven pairwise between top 6 teams in championship points)
- 6 Round 2 Playoff Winners (A single round-robin Best-of-one round-robin between 3 losers of Round 1, and next 7 teams by championship points)